Paper and wood-pulp receptacle



J. W. MQOLEERY.

PAPER AND WOOD PULP REOEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.13. 1907.

Patented June 22,1909.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1907.

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UNITE STATES AENT OFFTQE.

JAMES WILSON MCOLEERY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSlGNOP OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE H. FLOWERS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

PAPER AND WOOD-PULP RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Application filed September 13, 1907. Serial No. 392,737.

To all wk am it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WILSON MC- OLnERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at 84 University avenue, in the city of Rochester, county of Monroe, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper and l Vood-Pulp Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in receptacles for the storage and transportatron of commodities and has particular reference to receptacles made from pulp-board, chip-board, or other paper products.

An important consideration in the manufacture of receptacles of this character is that they shall have suflicient strength and stability to withstand the usage of cartage and shlpping and the great pressure resulting from large quantities being piled together for storage or transportation. In the handling of grapes, for instance, it is the custom to stack the baskets in tiers not more than ten deep, a larger number causing a pressure too great to be borne by the receptacle in common use. This limitation is a source of great expense in the storage and transportation of the commodity by reason of the large floor space required in cars and warehouses.

One object of my invention, therefore, is to produce a receptacle combining with light Weight and economical construction, ample strength and rigidity to admit of their being safely stacked to a very great height and to Withstand the severest rigors of transportation.

Another object is to produce a receptacle that can be easily and conveniently filled and sealed.

A further object is to produce a receptacle in which the fasteners used for securing its parts together will have perforations to provide ventilation for its contents.

With the above objects in view, and further objects which will appear as the nature of my invention is more fully disclosed, I have invented a receptacle, one form of which is illustrated on the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a die plan of the blank forming the body portion, and in which full lines denote complete severance of the material and dotted lines represent the scoring along which the material is bent. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 partly folded. Fig. 3 is a side view of the receptacle complete. Fig. 4 is a median transverse half section of Fig. 3, showing the bail attachments and means for securing the cover. Fig. 5 is a die plan of the blank forming the cover portion. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the body portion partly folded together. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the completed receptacle with cover removed.

Similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The receptacle comprises three portions: the body, the cover and the bail. The body and cover are each formed from a single blank stamped out of sheet material and the bail from a single strip of metal 01' other suitable material. The body comprises a bottom 5, two side sections 1 and 2, and two end sections 3 and l. The side sections 1 and 2 are provided with terminal extensions 1 and 1 and 2 and 2", and these extensions are each provided with a corner filler or reinforce 13. Figs. 2 and 7 show how the several portions of the body are folded together. The lower corners 7, of the end sections 3 and 4, are severed from the bottom at a slight angle to the line of scoring between the bottom and the end section, as shown by the full lines 7 in Fig. 2. This angle is such that when the end sections are turned upward about 80 degrees and the corners 7 curved inwardly to accommodate the rounded form of the ends of the receptacle, these corners will be firmly supported on the bottom 5. The sides of the body are bent up to an angle of about 80 degrees and the ends are formed by curving the tcrmin a1 extensions of the side sections around the bottom so as to overlap each other and enfold the end sections between them. The terminal extensions of each side section are extended around the opposite side of the body where they overlap each other and reinforce the opposite side section. The opposite side section is further reinforced by the corner fillers or reinforces 13. These reinforces 13 are integral with the end extensions when the blank is cut and until after the body is formed and its edges trimmed. At each end of the receptacle where the terminal extensions of the opposite side sections overlap each other and enfold the end section, the reinforces 13 are bent down, the one out wardly and the other inwardly, so as to occupy the space adjacent the end section and between the two terminal extensions, as shown by the dotted lines 18, in Fig. 7, which indicate the position of the reinforces 13 with reference to the end section 4, and where they are shown severed from the terminal extensions 1 and 2", a result produced by trimming the edges of the body after it is folded and its parts secured. The reinforces 13 are so shaped that they extend from the end sections to the extremities of the termi nal extensions, as shown by the dotted lines 18, in Fig. 8. They serve, therefore, as fillers to give the body a triple thickness throughout its entire circumference, but it is obvious that they may be used in any other way to reinforce the sides of the receptacle.

The side sections, 1 and 2, like the end sections, are partly severed from the bottom 5 at the corners thereof, as shown at 6, in Figs. 1 and 7. This cutting makes it possible to bend the terminal extensions of the side sections in an even curve about the end sections 3 and 4 and to give the terminal extensions a firm bearing on the bottom 5, leaving the projecting corners 6. These corners are bent upwardly and secured by glue, metal staples, or other means of fastening to the rounded portion of the receptacle.

The overlapping extremities of the terminal extensions of the side sections are secured to each other and to the side section which they overlap by hollow eyelets 1 1, as shown in Figs. 3 and 8, which serve also as a means of ventilating the receptacle. Similar eyelets are placed through the end sections and terminal extensions of the side sections. The terminal extensions are also secured at the sides of the receptacle by the bail fastenings, which may be of any suitable form to pass through the sides of the receptacle, and which I prefer to use in the form of tongues stam ed out of the sides of the bail and clenchec inside of the receptacle, as shown at 12, in Figs. 3, 4 and 8. The tongues 12 form fasteners which not only secure the terminal extensions together and to the side sections, but also serve as the sole means for securing the bail to the receptacle. For the smaller sizes, the ends of the bail extend only to the bottom of the sides of the receptacle, but in the larger sizes, they may be bent and continued under the bottom for greater security of fastening.

The cover 8 is formed from a single piece, as shown in Fig. 5. The side flanges 9 are provided with the hollow eyelets 16 and bent down so as to fit over the sides of the receptacle between the body and the bail, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. A lug 11, on each side of the bail, normally extends through an aperture in the side of the body. When the cover is adjusted, each side of the bail is sprung outwardly from the side of the body and the flanges 9 inserted between them in such position that the openings in the eyelets 16 will register with the lug 11 on the bail, which is then permitted to return to its normal position, thus providing a convenient lock for each side of the cover. The cover is further secured by a wire passing through eyelets 15 in the ends of the cover and adj acent eyelets in the body.

The flange 9 serves the double purpose of stiffening the cover and preventing lateral displacement of the sides of the receptacle, and, being omitted except at the parallel sides, it admits of adjusting or removing the cover without raising it.

A receptacle such as 1 have described possesses the extreme of strength and rigidity, as demonstrated by actual trial, paper models thereof having been subjected to a superposed pressure of nearly four hundred pounds without collapse. It has this great strength owing to its flaring form which laces the material mainly in tension as in a hollow tower, and also owing to the peculiar manner in which the material is arranged at the curved ends of the receptacle so as to give the upright portions a firm and well distributed bearing on the bottom. The construction further provides a very large amount of material with the least number of joints and fastenings, which is a source of economy in manufacture.

Having now described one of the forms in which my invention may be embodied, what I claim is 1. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections having terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to form the ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle andmeans for securing the extremities of the sections to the sides.

2. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections having terminal extensions, corresponding extensions, overlapping each other to form the ends of the receptacle, the ends continuing around the sides of the receptacle, and fasteners for securing the ex treinities of either side section to the other section.

3. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections connected therewith, and side sections connected with the bottom and provided with terminal extensions overlapping the end sections and each other, the extremities of the extensions of either side section continuing partly around the other section.

4. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections provided with terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to form ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, I of the other side section and means 'l'or sethe extremities of the extensions of each sec tion overlapping each other at the side ol' the receptacle and means for securing the extremities of the extensions of each section.

5. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections connected therewith, side sections connected with the bottom and provided with terminal extensions overlapping the end sections, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to term ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, the extremities of the extensions of each section overlapping each other at the side of the receptacle and means for securing the extremities of the extensions of each sec tion.

6. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections connected therewith, side sections connected with the bottom and provided with terminal extensions overlapping the end sections, the extremities o'lthe extensions oi either side section overlapping the other side section, reinforcing pieces secured at the sides of the receptacle and means for securing the extremities of the extensions of each. section.

7. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections connected therewith, side sections connected with the bottom and provided with terminal extensions overlapping the end sections, the extremities of the extensions ol either side section overlapping the other side section and each other, reinforcing pieces socured at the sides of the receptacle and means for securing the extremities of the ex tensions of each section.

8. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections having terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to form the ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides ol the receptacle, reinforcing pieces secured at the sides of the receptacle and means for securing the extremities of the extensions of each section.

9. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections connected therewith, side sections connected with the bottom and provided with terminal extensions overlapping the end sections, the extremities of the extensions of either side section overlapping the other side section, filling or reinforcing pieces disposed between each side section and the overlapping extremities of the other side section and means for securing the extremities of the extensions of each section.

10. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections connected therewith, side sections connected with the bottom and provided with terminal extensions overlapping the end sections, the extremities of the extensions of either side section overlapping the other side section and each other, iilling or reinforcing pieces disposed between each side section and the overlapping extremities curing the extremities ol' the extensions of each section.

1]. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections having terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to term the ends of the receptacle, and continuing}; around the sides of the receptacle, and reinforcing pieces disposed between the extensions and the portions of the side sec tions overlapped thereby.

12. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections having terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlappin each other to form the ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, reinforcing pieces disposed between the ex tensions and the portions of the side sections overlapped thereby, and fasteners for securing the extremities of either side section to the other section.

13. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections having terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to form the ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, and fasteners for securing the sections together, said fasteners being provided with apertures for ventilating the receptacle.

14. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections secured thereto, each end section having its two lower corners resting on and supported by the bottom, and side sections secured to the bottom and arranged to hold the end sections in position.

15. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections secured thereto, each end section having its two lower corners resting on and supported by the bottom, and side sections secured to the bottom and arranged to hold the end sections in position, the corners ol the bottom being bent upwardly and secured to the sections.

16. A receptacle comprising a bottom, end sections secured thereto, each end section having its two lower corners resting on and supported by the bottom, side sections secured to the bottom and arranged to hold the end sections in position, and means for securing the bottom to the side sections.

17. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections having terminal extensions, corresp onding extensions overlapping each other to form the ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, and a bail secured to the side sections and holding the ends of the sections in place.

18. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections provided with terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to form ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, the extremities of the extensions of each section overlapping each other at the side of the receptacle, and a bail secured to the side sections and holding the ends of the sections in place.

19. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections provided'with terminal extensions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to form ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, the extremities of the extensions of each section overlapping each other at the side of the receptacle, and a bail secured to the side sections and holding the ends of the sections in place, and additional means for holding the ends of the sections in place-v 20. A blank for a receptacle con'iprising a bottom section, side sections having terminal extensions of greater length than the width and half" the length of the bottom section, end sections connected With the ends of the bottom section and filling and reinforcing members connected With the said terminal extensions at points intermediate the ends teases thereof and projecting outwardly therefrom, the corners of the bottom being severed from the end and side sections.

21. A receptacle comprising a bottom, and side sections provided with terminal exten- 'sions, corresponding extensions overlapping each other to form ends of the receptacle and continuing around the sides of the receptacle, the extremities of the extensions of each section overlapping each other at the side of the receptacle, in combination with a bail and fasteners for securing the overlapping extremities to each other and to the side sections, said fasteners forming the sole means for securing the bail to the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JAMES \VILSON MCCLEERY.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK G. PALMER,. LOREN N. RoBsiNs 

